[Moon-net] 432 condx

K7XQ k7xq at juno.com
Sun Mar 16 13:26:03 CDT 2008


Hello All,
Got on during 1st pass Saturday to try out new built 4 X 9 W.L. XPOL and found very poor condx. On for abt 5.5 hrs including 2 hrs VK/JA window.
Echoes abt 6- 10 dB down then normal and signals very choppy to the point where you couldn’t 
even copy single characters. Wondering if anyone else experienced this yesterday ?

Interesting was ALL signals ( EU/and NA ) were horizontally polarized and found my echoes on both polarities.

Will be on for the last hours on 432 moonrise to 0000 Z to try for some last minute QSO’s.

Will keep adding more yagis in the months ahead. 4 yagis on 432 does not cut it.


K7XQ Jeff
Atwater,CA.
Grid: CM97qi
EME CW and JT-65 modes 

144 MHz: 4 X M2 2MPX20 w/polarity rot 20 dBd 1.5 kw single GS35b
432 MHz: 4 X M2 9 W.L. XPOL 23.3 dBd 1.5 kW single GS-35b
1296 MHz: 3 meter dish 27 dBd 350 watts single water cooled GS-15
2304 MHz: 3 meter dish 32 dBd 180 watts SS Spectrain Amplifier
10 GHz: 3 meter dish 45 dBd 18 watt TWTA  Still under construction ! 

K7XQ Webpage:  http://www.elite.net/~k7xq/k7xq.html  


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